Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsLot 482omits the dates of the obverse and substitutes the date 1948 on thereverse. (F-G)483. RUDYARD KIPLING MEMORIAL MEDAL, 1935. BHM4281; Eimer 2037. 77mm. Bronze. Julio Kilenyi, Sc. Choice AboutUncirculated. Obverse: Bust right of Kipling, his name above.Reverse: Two female figures on a knoll, one standing holding abranch & lyre, the other reclining holding a book.Two hundred of these medals were struck to celebrate Kipling’s70 th birthday in 1935. Kipling was most pleased with the resulthewrote Kilenyi that, “It is a beautiful bit of work (I regret that Ican’t wear it) and the good will that comes with it makes it evenmore beautiful.” We sold an uncirculated example of this beautifulLot 483medal ion our 2009 Auction Seventy Nine for $517.50.484. BROADCASTING COMPANY 10TH ANNIVERSARY ARTDECO NATIONAL MEDAL, 1936. 78.5mm. Silver PlatedBronze. Unsigned. About Uncirculated with some minor scatteredfield marks. Obv: NBC inscribed at center so that it reads bothhorizontally and vertically. A pair of lightning bolts both above andbelow, the top flanked by the date 19 26 and the bottom by 19 36(both in incused numerals.) Rx: NATIONAL BROADCASTINGCOMPANY, INC. RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICAIf you are even a mildly serious collector of medals, you should consider joining the Medal Collectrors of Americaorganization. Its primary purpose is to serve collectors of world and U.S. art and historical medals. Much usefulinformation can be found on its internet site (www.medalcollectors.org) as well as information on how to join.141H